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$87.07 +1.82 (+2.13%)
(As of 11/15/2024 ET)

CF vs. MOS, SMG, IPI, AVD, NTR, ICL, UAN, BIOX, CBUS, and CGA

Should you be buying CF Industries stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of CF Industries include Mosaic (MOS), Scotts Miracle-Gro (SMG), Intrepid Potash (IPI), American Vanguard (AVD), Nutrien (NTR), ICL Group (ICL), CVR Partners (UAN), Bioceres Crop Solutions (BIOX), Cibus (CBUS), and China Green Agriculture (CGA).

CF Industries vs.

Mosaic (NYSE:MOS) and CF Industries (NYSE:CF) are both basic materials companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two companies based on the strength of their dividends, media sentiment, community ranking, valuation, analyst recommendations, risk, institutional ownership, profitability and earnings.

CF Industries received 101 more outperform votes than Mosaic when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 60.94% of users gave CF Industries an outperform vote while only 55.30% of users gave Mosaic an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
MosaicOutperform Votes
704
55.30%
Underperform Votes
569
44.70%
CF IndustriesOutperform Votes
805
60.94%
Underperform Votes
516
39.06%

Mosaic pays an annual dividend of $0.84 per share and has a dividend yield of 3.2%. CF Industries pays an annual dividend of $2.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.3%. Mosaic pays out 74.3% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. CF Industries pays out 31.6% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

CF Industries has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Mosaic. CF Industries is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Mosaic, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Mosaic$13.70B0.61$1.16B$1.1323.35
CF Industries$5.98B2.53$1.53B$6.3213.78

CF Industries has a net margin of 19.45% compared to Mosaic's net margin of 3.24%. CF Industries' return on equity of 14.57% beat Mosaic's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Mosaic3.24% 6.00% 3.17%
CF Industries 19.45%14.57%8.40%

77.5% of Mosaic shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 93.1% of CF Industries shares are held by institutional investors. 0.9% of Mosaic shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.4% of CF Industries shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that hedge funds, large money managers and endowments believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

Mosaic has a beta of 1.35, meaning that its stock price is 35% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, CF Industries has a beta of 0.97, meaning that its stock price is 3% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, CF Industries had 3 more articles in the media than Mosaic. MarketBeat recorded 21 mentions for CF Industries and 18 mentions for Mosaic. CF Industries' average media sentiment score of 1.03 beat Mosaic's score of 0.29 indicating that CF Industries is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Mosaic
7 Very Positive mention(s)
3 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral
CF Industries
12 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
4 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive

Mosaic presently has a consensus price target of $33.22, suggesting a potential upside of 25.94%. CF Industries has a consensus price target of $88.42, suggesting a potential upside of 1.55%. Given Mosaic's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities research analysts clearly believe Mosaic is more favorable than CF Industries.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Mosaic
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33
CF Industries
2 Sell rating(s)
5 Hold rating(s)
5 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.25

Summary

CF Industries beats Mosaic on 13 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

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CF vs. The Competition

MetricCF IndustriesAgricultural chemicals IndustryMaterials SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$15.15B$4.17B$2.88B$19.81B
Dividend Yield2.35%3.70%5.15%3.50%
P/E Ratio13.7840.56112.1041.76
Price / Sales2.536.23539,135.1820.47
Price / Cash6.717.4223.6521.65
Price / Book1.961.033.664.66
Net Income$1.53B$314.10M$149.87M$983.45M
7 Day Performance4.01%-3.95%-3.53%-2.12%
1 Month Performance2.97%-3.24%-3.81%-0.47%
1 Year Performance8.69%-23.06%27.18%24.69%

CF Industries Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
CF
CF Industries
3.8379 of 5 stars
$87.07
+2.1%
$88.42
+1.5%
+8.7%$15.15B$5.98B13.782,700Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
Positive News
MOS
Mosaic
4.2368 of 5 stars
$26.47
+2.4%
N/A-28.3%$8.43B$13.70B23.4214,049Earnings Report
Dividend Announcement
Analyst Forecast
SMG
Scotts Miracle-Gro
4.2082 of 5 stars
$73.61
+0.0%
N/A+30.8%$4.18B$3.55B-106.686,500
IPI
Intrepid Potash
0.915 of 5 stars
$27.60
+0.7%
N/A+38.6%$363.22M$279.08M-8.24440
AVD
American Vanguard
3.92 of 5 stars
$6.51
+10.5%
N/A-34.3%$187.75M$579.37M-6.32845Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
NTR
Nutrien
4.9387 of 5 stars
$47.36
+0.8%
N/A-19.2%$23.39B$29.06B31.7925,900Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↓
ICL
ICL Group
2.0339 of 5 stars
$4.34
+1.4%
N/A-12.4%$5.70B$7.54B14.0013,350Earnings Report
Dividend Cut
Analyst Upgrade
Short Interest ↑
UAN
CVR Partners
2.9034 of 5 stars
$71.37
-0.8%
N/A-3.7%$1.22B$681.48M14.36310Insider Buying
Short Interest ↑
News Coverage
BIOX
Bioceres Crop Solutions
2.8322 of 5 stars
$7.16
+7.5%
N/A-45.7%$450.01M$464.80M358.18500Earnings Report
Analyst Forecast
Short Interest ↑
Analyst Revision
News Coverage
High Trading Volume
CBUS
Cibus
2.6911 of 5 stars
$5.13
-3.4%
N/A-66.6%$135.74M$1.82M-0.23183Analyst Revision
News Coverage
Gap Up
CGA
China Green Agriculture
1.0177 of 5 stars
$1.92
-5.0%
N/A-15.2%$29.88M$95.85M-0.94424Upcoming Earnings
Short Interest ↓
News Coverage
Gap Down

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This page (NYSE:CF) was last updated on 11/17/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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